Rotel RSP-1066 - Manuals

8 Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. "Dolby", "Pro Logic" and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboraties Licensing Corporation. Confidential unpublished works © 1992-1997 Dolby Laboraties, Inc. All rights reserved. Manufactured under...

10 Important Safety Instructions ................. 3 1: Controls and Connections ............................... 42: RR-969 Remote ............................................. 53: Outputs ......................................................... 64: Inputs .............................................

11 About Rotel A family whose passionate interest in musicled them to manufacture high fidelity compo-nents of uncompromising quality founded Rotel40 years ago. Through the years that passionhas remained undiminished and the family goalof providing exceptional value for audiophilesand music lovers r...

12 Many of the RR-969 functions duplicate thefront-panel controls. For that reason, we coverthe controls on the remote under appropriatetopics throughout this manual. Letters in grayboxes next to the name of a function refers tothe labeled illustration of the remote at thefront of this manual. Using...

13 Tone Controls The front-panel BASS and TREBLE controls increase or decrease the audio signal’s low andhigh frequency content respectively and allowyou to tailor the sound to your own preferences.Rotate clockwise to increase the bass or trebleand counterclockwise to reduce. The front-paneldisplay ...

14 Overview of SurroundFormats To get best performance from your RSP-1066,it helps to understand the many surround soundformats available today, to know which de-coding process to use for a particular record-ing, and how to select it. This section providesbasic background information about surrounds...

15 6.1 and 7.1 Surround In 1999, the first Dolby Digital soundtrack wasreleased to theaters with an additional cen-ter back surround channel, intended to increasethe directional effects from behind the audi-ence. This additional surround channel is en-coded into the two existing surround channelsin ...

16 Manually SelectingSurround Modes Four front panel MODE buttons and the SUR+button on the remote provide manual selec-tion of surround sound settings when you wishto use a surround mode that is not automati-cally detected or, in some cases, when youwish to override an automatic setting. Manual set...

17 DSP Button This button activates digital synthesis of sixambience modes (MUSIC 1, MUSIC 2, MU-SIC 3, MUSIC 4, 5CH Stereo, and 7CH Ste-reo). • The four MUSIC settings use digital delay and reverberation effects to simulate pro-gressively larger acoustic environments.Typically used to add ambience ...

18 When making signal connections, connect LEFTchannels to LEFT channel jacks and RIGHT chan-nels to RIGHT channel jacks. All RCA-typeconnections on the RSP-1066 follow these stan-dard color codes: Left channel audio: white RCA jack Right channel audio: red RCA jack Composite video: yellow RCA jack ...

19 There are also video record outputs (describedin a following section) which correspond tothree of the video source inputs – Video 1, 2,and 3). For this reason, you should plan aheadand designate each source component asVideo 1, Video 2, etc. All connections (bothinput and output) from a source co...

20 Digital Source Connections See Figure 4. The RSP-1066 provides digital connectionswhich may be used in place of, or in addi-tion to, the analog audio input and output con-nections described in the previous sections.These connections include five digital inputsand two digital outputs for recording...

21 Plug the supplied cord into the AC INPUTreceptacle on the back of the unit. See the POWER Button heading in the BASICCONTROLS section of this manual for infor-mation about turning the unit on and off. NOTE : Memorized settings and video labels will be stored for up to one month if theRSP-1066 is ...

22 Zone 2 Power On/Off Once master power is applied to the unit bypressing the front-panel POWER button, theRSP-1066 provides independent power on/off operation for both zones. Pressing the re-mote control POWER button in the main roomactivates or deactivates the RSP-1066 in themain room only and ha...

23 room when the sensors on the source compo-nents are blocked by installation in a cabinet.See your authorized Rotel dealer for informationon IR repeater systems. NOTE : The EXT REM IN jack located to the right of these jacks is for use with an externalIR sensor duplicating the front-panel IR sen-s...

24 INPUT SETUP Menu INPUT SETUP LISTEN: Video 2 INPUT LABEL: _ _ _ _ _ INPUT: Coaxial 1 SURR MODE: Dolby 3 Stereo ENT KEY=MAIN MENU UP KEY=up+/– KEY=change DWN KEY=down The INPUT SETUP menu configures the sourceinputs and is reached from the MAIN menu.The screen provides the following options, se-le...

25 tion for older movie soundtracks that arenot of optimum audio quality. Comparedto the CINEMA setting, EMULATION modewill reduce the high-frequency response andseparation of the surround channels andmay increase the delay setting to the sur-round channels for a more spacious effect. • Select MUSIC...

26 popular home theater configuration andshould be strongly considered even if thespeakers are physically large and capableof playing low bass. This configuration isparticularly advantageous when driving thespeakers with moderate power amplifiers. NOTE : An alternative configuration for setting up a...

27 Calibration with an SPL meter: Calibrating the system with an SPL meter, ratherthan by ear, provides more precise results andimproves the system’s performance significantly.Inexpensive SPL meters are widely availableand the procedure is quick and easy. Both Dolby and DTS specify a standard cali-b...

28 tal and/or DTS surround modes. In other sur-round modes, there is no LFE channel andthe subwoofer will only reproduce redirectedbass from the other channels, which is not aslikely to tax the subwoofer. The CROSSOVER setting activates a low-passfilter for the subwoofer and a correspondinghigh-pass...

29 +/– buttons to change the setting to YES. Thescreen will change to a confirmation screen.Press the ENTER button to store the new USERDEFAULT settings. To return to the MAIN menuwithout saving any changes, change all en-tries on the screen to NO and press the EN-TER button. NOTE : If there is insu...